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Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction

Descrição: For readers of books set in Asia, or Asian Related, Asian writers, Asian American writers, Asian Culture. Contemporary and Historical Fiction, Travel, Travel Musings, Arts & Culture, and History. This group is open for all discussion relating to Asia: Korea, China, Japan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, Nepal... you name it. I'm setting the boundaries of Asia as listed on Wikipedia.

Talk about your favorite authors, settings, and time lines. Start a Group Read, Book Ray, or Book Ring. Recommend a great book, or ask for one. Or recommend a good website.

A Sampling Of Our Touchstone Authors:
Kobo Abe, Thalassa Ali, Barry Hugheart, Pearl S. Buck, Da Chen, Eleanor Coerr, Angela Davis-Gardner, Kiran Desai, E.M. Forster, Mahatma Gandhi, Kaye Gibbons , Sadeq Hedayat, Barry Hughart, Gish Jen, Ha Jin, Sayed Kashua, Yasunari Kawabata, M. M. Kaye, C. J. Koch, Joy Kogawa, Satish Kumar, Jhumpa Lahiri, Rattawut Lapcharoensap, Lilian Lee, Peter May, Seth McEvoy, Yukio Mishima, Haruki Murakami, V.S. Naipaul, R. K. Narayan, Hsien Y. Pai, Sheridan Prasso, Balachandra Rajan, José Rizal, Laura Joh Rowland, Bertrand Russell, Lisa See, S’oshitsu Sen, Vikram Seth, Charles Sheffield, Philip Snow, Sen'O Tanaka, Amy Tan, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Gail Tsukiyama, Christopher West, Su Xi, Xu Xi, Cao Xueqin, Banana Yoshimoto

Related LibraryThing Groups:
Japanese Culture, Zen, Thailand, Tea!, Ancient China, Yoga, Taoism, Vajrayana, Travel and Exploration Literature, Manga!, Yaoi, Expats in Korea who thing!, Looking for cheap books in Bombay, Tai Chi, Daegu, South Korea, Japanese Literature, Korean Geeks, Martial Arts, Tottori Exchange, JET Book Exchange, Prabhupada's Books, Japanese Craft Books, PinoyThing!, LT@Taipei, Chungju, Origami, Indian Authors, Chadou, the Way of Tea, Central Asia, 4swap@Tamsui, Israeli LibraryThingers, Roleplayers in Korea, douban, Librarie India, Hong Kong Bookies, DimSum Thing, indian bibliophiles, Silat, Zhongwen Ban 中文版, Forumosa 中文版

Interesting Links:
The Mishima Yukio Cyber Museum, Asian Authors, Billy Chaka--Official site of Isaac Adamson, Amy Tan, Gail Tsukiyama, The official American website of Haruki Murakami, The official English Language website of Banana Yoshimoto

Membros mais recentes: , AlexAustin, arcanacoelestia, Baia, JeannieLin, johninttown, windmoonclayton, MyIndiaLibrary, ScanningDarkly, catarina1, milkyfangs, roulette.russe, the_bastard, nialso, stealth.librarian, starsmending, insolent_redhead, losingheart, katekasserman, paperdust, APrivateLibrary, angeltyuan, Violette62, wyaryan, chinakelly, redkit, coldicuti, theoldman, aarti, pieshine — 988 total

Conversas do Grupo

Tópicos		mensagens	Última mensagem
Modern Chinese Fiction		4	brianjungwi, Sábado 1:14am
Haruki Murakami: best and worst		78	Rise, Terça-feira 9:43pm
World War II from the Japanese side		18	keigu, Dezembro 11
Japanese Mythology		3	PhoenixTerran, Dezembro 11
What do you think of Yukio Mishima?		28	keigu, Dezembro 11
Japanese Self-Instruction		14	keigu, Dezembro 11
Sources of Japanese Tradition		6	keigu, Dezembro 11
The Sound of Language - Amulya Malladi		5	keigu, Dezembro 11
Thoughts on Translations		14	keigu, Dezembro 10
Book of Five Rings		5	PhoenixTerran, Dezembro 8
What Are You Reading Or Have Just Finished.		225	vpfluke, Dezembro 5
My voyage around Asia		17	katrinasreads, Novembro 14
New language learning group (Hindi)		1	Yiggy, Novembro 7
Giveaway: Novel of Ancient Japan		1	aarti, Outubro 13
Books on Joseon dynasty Korea (1392–1910)?		4	sqdancer, Setembro 15
Giving Away Three Chinese/Chinese-American Fiction Books		1	valkylee, Agosto 1
Book Reviews		35	lilisin, Julho 25
What is your favorite Asian film?		118	chidori, Julho 12
Historians on Asian culture.		29	brianjungwi, Junho 4
Haruki Murakami's latest		4	dcozy, Maio 31
White Tiger, etc.		12	GeoffWyss, Maio 14
Plagiarism (Chinese New Year)		7	dcozy, Maio 13
Opinions on 'Three Cups of Tea'?		2	hemlockclock, Maio 12
Edo/Tokugawa Period Recommendations		4	hemlockclock, Maio 12
First novel giveaway		1	GeoffWyss, Abril 15
poignent set of short stories		2	brianjungwi, Abril 11
Something new please...		3	annacruise, Abril 10
Arundhati Roy's THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS		22	SatyajitMishra, Dezembro 2008
Japan in January on the Reading Globally group		1	chrisharpe, Dezembro 2008
For anyone who read Murakami's Norwegian Wood		4	mwentlandt, Dezembro 2008
Opinions on Naomi Hirahara		1	gscottmoore, Dezembro 2008
Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction Message Board		177	elbgwn, Dezembro 2008
a thousand pardons...		3	tshanley, Novembro 2008
I'm new here...		13	slickdpdx, Outubro 2008
Kyoko's House		2	JoseBuendia, Outubro 2008
Bollywood Film Fans? I need your help, please		11	lisa211, Setembro 2008
Maybe you can help...		11	slickdpdx, Setembro 2008
contemporary chinese fiction		24	rebeccanyc, Agosto 2008
New Natsuo Kirino!		4	JoseBuendia, Agosto 2008
anybody want to swap books on Asia?		1	alhickey, Agosto 2008
Asian Echoes Blog		3	xiaolung, Agosto 2008
History of India and China in the 20th Century?		13	Nycticebus, Julho 2008
Recent History of Asians in Publishing		7	T42, Julho 2008
FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES by Min Jin Lee -- has anyone read this? Thoughts, please.		4	sungene, Julho 2008
Asian Graphic Novel		2	belleyang, Julho 2008
Central Asia anyone? Muslims and Russians?		4	LyzzyBee, Julho 2008
Has anyone read 'Chasing the Sea'?		1	flemingt, Junho 2008
Opinions on Saiichi Maruya		5	dcozy, Junho 2008
Filipino Literature?		6	Periodista, Maio 2008
Yellow Fever ...		1	steffanpiper, Maio 2008
Adormecido: Amy Tan		6	MarianV, Abril 2008
Adormecido: Asian Horror or Suspense		30	elipsett, Abril 2008
Adormecido: books in Chinese		4	edwinbcn, Janeiro 2008
Adormecido: Floating Clouds - Fumiko Hayashi		6	gscottmoore, Janeiro 2008
Adormecido: 'Serious' Modern or Postmodern Japanese fiction?		9	legxleg, Janeiro 2008
Adormecido: Fiction & NonFiction Books: South-East Asian Region		2	DannyS, Novembro 2007
Adormecido: Minamoto Yoshitsune		5	enheduanna, Novembro 2007
Adormecido: Japanese Film - Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema		1	gscottmoore, Outubro 2007
Adormecido: Graphic Fiction		3	gscottmoore, Setembro 2007
Adormecido: What the heck is Rei Tiein?		3	poetontheone, Setembro 2007
Adormecido: Armenian books		1	kar1zak, Agosto 2007
Adormecido: Japanese Historical Fiction		20	Macbeth, Julho 2007
Adormecido: Hari Kunzru's The Impressionist		2	bookgrl, Junho 2007
Adormecido: May 4th literature, anyone?		5	WillSteed, Junho 2007
Adormecido: Hitomi Kanehara		2	scottpack, Maio 2007
Adormecido: Reading Asian Canada		11	betterthanchocolate, Abril 2007
Adormecido: Kino No Tabi		2	doceirias, Abril 2007
Adormecido: Reading Group--Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto		82	RobinsonP, Abril 2007
Adormecido: Mishima in Translation		1	JoseBuendia, Março 2007
Adormecido: Benazir Bhutto's revised memoirs		1	fictiondreamer, Março 2007
Adormecido: Reading Group--My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk		40	aluvalibri, Janeiro 2007
Adormecido: Amy Yamada		1	Antipodean, Janeiro 2007
Adormecido: Group Reads, BookRings & BookRays		73	Opinicus, Dezembro 2006
Adormecido: studying LT members' use of tags		8	Airycat, Novembro 2006
Adormecido: Member INFO		4	Opinicus, Novembro 2006
Adormecido: Orhan Pamuk wins the Nobel Prize in Literature!		2	aluvalibri, Outubro 2006